
Sunday, 22nd February 2009
Calm Ocean
by Orvaratli
The freezing cold during the last couple of weeks has frozen all lakes and ponds and often covers them with snow as well. The ocean is the only thing offering reflections now.
After driving around in the moonlight night shooting some Aurora, I last visited Straumur YET again. It never fails to deliver, there is always a different angle or light each time.
My canon EOS 30D camera settings:
Aperture: f4.5
Shutter speed: 10 sec
ISO: 400
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm @ 15mm
Orvaratli
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Calm Ocean by Orvaratli was photo of the day on Sunday, 22nd February 2009. It is tagged Aurora, Night, Stars. You can leave a comment below.

35 Comments
Erin
What a beautiful shot!
James and Kelly Stone
Beautiful image. An amazing scene I wish to see live someday! Great job and congratulations!
Alan
Just one word ? Stunning.
Alan
Turn the Aurora 180 degrees and you have a figure in a hooded robe.
istvan
Spectacular light and reflection, the aurora looks great!
Maher
This is UNreal…… my god..!!
thanks for sharing..
i wish i can see this live.. soon..!!
Su
Stunning shot, the reflection and the house make it all the more eerie. congrats
Mandy Kilpatrick
This is a very beautiful photo. I love the composition and colors. The way the aurora dwarfs the house really shows the size of everything in the photo related to each other. Sometimes we can see the Aurora in the distance beyond mountains. There is a magical quality to it captured well in this photo. Congrats on your POTD!!
Anne Murray
Amazing!
Philip van Niekerk
Amazing Planet we live on!!!
Teresa Teresa
This is a stunning image! This proves that photographing can be a real fantastic experience, a new way of enjoying life.
Thank you for sharing!
Pauline Jones
This is an awesome picture, fantastic colors; thanks for sharing.
omar franco
just amazing, not anyone can achieve this shoot, continue shoting with this pro quality technique.
Wanda Krack
WONDERFUL SHOT!!
Derek Dobbie
This is stunning. One day I will get the chance to photograph this specticle. Well done indeed.
planet lover
This must be Iceland, right? Fantastic picture! I can also see stars…wow!
Austin Toohey
This is an incredible shot, great timing and placement. Great Shot!
Victoria
Having seen them once up close and personal, photographs of the lights never cease to amaze me. I particularly like how the terminal points of the lights, though different, seem to shar the same point of origin… as if they could slide under the rocks… wonderful, thanks for sharing
Sue
AWESOME! But where was this taken? I want to go there
Thank you for this amazing photo…
Dennis
Beautifully executed image!
Marie Dunphy Harding
Stunning photo! Are these houses occupied?
Anne
Our wonderful and awesome Creator revealed his glory once again! Great photography!
k. libby
Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous! Mother Nature is awesome and you captured her display beautifully!
Katherine Lee Strassburg
Absolutely breathtaking. You are so lucky to be able to see and photograph the aurora borealis so often. Thank you so much for sharing them with us!
Anurag
What a sense of distances dimensions and layers. Stars at infinity the aurora in the inosphere the clouds in the atmosphere, the terrestrial hut and then the water.
Malta Photography
very good shot very good angle and the lighting is just perfect.
Sue Gagnon
SHOCKINGLY BEAUTIFUL PHOTOGRAPH!!!
Madeleine Calaido Weber
stunning… i am speechless. cheers Madeleine
Joel Schenk
Great cold weather image….well done.
Pieter -sAner- van der Horst
This is a great picture!
KJ
Absolutely stunning
mike
I love that sky. Don’t see that over here.
renee
simply beautiful!
Rajib Singha
Amazing shot!
Su
I want to see this for myself another thing on the bucket list.